Leonardo Bertone (born 14 March 1994) is a Swiss

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who currently plays as a

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for

FC Thun Fussballclub Thun 1898 is a Swiss football team from the Bernese Oberland town of Thun. The club plays in the Swiss Challenge League, the second tier of the Swiss football league system, following relegation from the Swiss Super League in the ...

Club career

Bertone was born in

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. He made his league debut during the 2011–12 season, his only appearance that season. YB vs

He was part of the Young Boys squad that won the 2017–18 Swiss Super League, their first league title for 32 years. On 18 December 2018, it was announced that Bertone would join

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ahead of their inaugural 2019 season in

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. On 2 March 2019, Bertone scored FC Cincinnati's first goal in the MLS. After just one season with Cincinnati, Bertone returned to Switzerland on 13 January 2020, joining

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side

on a two-and-a-half-year deal. On the 16th of September 2020, he changed teams once again. Joining

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team

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, having signed a 3 year contract.

International career

Bertone was born in Switzerland to an Italian-German father, and Spanish-German mother. He is a youth international for Switzerland.

Honours

Young Boys *

: 2017–18

References

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* 1994 births Living people Swiss footballers Switzerland under-21 international footballers Swiss people of German descent Swiss people of Italian descent Swiss people of Spanish descent Swiss Super League players Major League Soccer players Belgian First Division A players BSC Young Boys players FC Cincinnati players FC Thun players S.K. Beveren players Expatriate footballers in Belgium Sportspeople from the canton of Bern Association football midfielders {{Switzerland-footy-midfielder-stub